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How to Tell If Your Website Has Been Hacked

Most business owners do not find out their site was hacked because someone told them. They find out because a customer mentions something weird, Google puts a warning on their search listing, or their WordPress dashboard starts doing things it should not be doing. Whether your site runs on WordPress, Joomla, or another platform, a hacked website looks roughly the same from the outside.

Here's a number that surprises most business owners: the average website faces dozens of automated attack attempts every single day. Bots don't care whether you're a Fortune 500 company or a five-person shop in Santa Cruz — they scan for weaknesses indiscriminately. If your site runs on WordPress, Joomla, or any popular CMS, you're already on the list.

That's why website security monitoring isn't a luxury. It's the difference between catching a problem at 2 AM and discovering it when a customer calls to say your site is redirecting to a pharmacy ad.